(19)
(11) EP 0 953 930 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.12.2000 Bulletin 2000/49

(43) Date of publication A2:
03.11.1999 Bulletin 1999/44

(21) Application number: 99301382.0

(22) Date of filing: 25.02.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G06F 19/00, A63F 9/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 27.04.1998 JP 13442098

(71) Applicant: Aruze Corporation
Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventor:
  • Yoshizawa, Masaki
    Koto-ku Tokyo (JP)

(74) Representative: Pacitti, Pierpaolo A.M.E. et al
Murgitroyd and Company 373 Scotland Street
Glasgow G5 8QA
Glasgow G5 8QA (GB)

   


(54) "Control apparatus for game machine"


(57) A control apparatus for a game machine (10), which comprises at least a main control unit (12) and a plurality of sub-control units (22, 25, 32, 35, 42 and 45), comprises a serial communication line (51) for linking the main control unit (12) and the sub-control units (22, 25, 32, 35, 42 and 45) with each other therethrough. The control apparatus allows the game machine (10) to be easily manufactured, tested and maintained at a low cost and improved in its reliability even when the game machine (10) is required to perform a highly enhanced function and have a complicated configuration.






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